Personal Narrative Analysis

I, personally, have never been the best at English, but have always had pleasing grades in the courses that I have taken. I have to work very hard for the grades I have, and although they don't come easily, I seem to pull out an A. I have never been the best at grammar or punctuation, but I overcame that difficulty throughout my English courses with my teachers. I discovered in my English 2 class that I wasn't too good at reading comprehension and figured out that I needed to read sentences more than once to fully understand a sentence completely. I am pretty confident in myself when it comes to argument essays though. I seem to always do well on that type of essay. Before I got into 9th grade I struggled with grammar and punctuation. We did bell work in my English 1 class, and my teacher put tons of grammar review on them. She sat down and practiced with me and explained why things were the way they were. I, now, understand when words should be used and when they shouldn't be. I also wasn't the best with punctuation. Writing papers really helped me overcome that struggle though. As I wrote I knew when sentences should be split up by commas and semicolons by reading …show more content…
I normally have to read the sentences more than once to get a full understanding. I usually comprehend the sentence better the second time I read it, but sometimes it takes a third time. I do better reading to myself rather than reading out loud with a group; the words don't get as tangled together when I read to myself. I also have trouble explaining what I read. This has always been an issue for me, but I'm gradually getting better at it. I expect this course to help me overcome this weakness I have, and I am able to read and comprehend sentences without having to go back and read them over. I think it will help me drastically writing all the essays we